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Eurosurveillance publishes a special issue on hepatitis B and C
To tie in with World Hepatitis Day on 19 May, the scientific journal Eurosurveillance is today publishing a special issue on viral hepatitis, highlighting issues and challenges related to hepatitis B and C.
Immunisation Week
On 17 April 2008, Eurosurveillance is publishing a special issue with articles on the measles situation in Europe. The publication is linked to European Immunisation Week which runs from 21-27 April.
Eurosurveillance publishes special issue on tuberculosis
World Tuberculosis Day on 24 March commemorates the date in 1882 when Robert Koch presented his findings of the causing agent of tuberculosis (TB) – Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In the run up of this day Eurosurveillance publishes a special issue on the situation of TB in Europe.
Special issue on meningococcal disease
Today (6 March, 2008), Eurosurveillance, the European peer-reviewed journal of infectious diseases, publishes a special issue on meningococcal disease. It includes two in-depth articles and an editorial by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
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Eurosurveillance Editions 2008,  Volume 13:
Jul: 17 | 10 | 03 |
Jun: 26 | 19 | 12 | 05 |
May: 29 | 22 | 15 | 08 |
Apr: 30 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 03 |
Mar: 27 | 18 | 13 | 06 |
Feb: 28 | 21 | 14 | 07 |
Jan: 31 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 03 |

Eurosurveillance releases:
Eurosurveillance Edition: 17 July 2008
Measles resurges in Italy: preliminary data from September 2007 to May 2008 A Filia et al.
Foreign travel-associated infections, Norway 2007 H Blystad
Travel-associated Legionnaires’ disease in Europe: 2006 KD Ricketts et al.
Study links genetic polymorphism to susceptibility to HIV infection Editorial team
Eurosurveillance has a vacancy for an Assistant Editor
Job vacancies at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

Eurosurveillance Edition: 10 July 2008
Large ongoing outbreak of infection with Salmonella Typhimurium U292 in Denmark, February-July 2008 S Ethelberg et al.
Isolating Asian enterovirus 71 subgenogroup C4 in two Austrian clinical samples from 2004 HP Huemer et al.
Publication of report on chlamydia control activities in Europe N Low et al.
Situation of hantavirus infections and haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in European countries as of December 2006 P Heyman et al.
EpiNorth Data updated for 2007 Editorial team
Eurosurveillance and EpiNorth Journal sign Memorandum of Understanding Editorial team

Eurosurveillance Edition: 03 July 2008
Onychomadesis outbreak in Valencia, Spain, June 2008 A Salazar et al.
A cluster of hepatitis B infections associated with incorrect use of a capillary blood sampling device in a nursing home in the Netherlands, 2007 HM Götz et al.
Measles once again endemic in the United Kingdom Editorial team
Mumps Vaccination in the Czech Republic M Kubínyiová et al.
Authors' correction for: Euro Surveill 2008;13(26)

Eurosurveillance Edition: 26 June 2008
Increased mumps incidence in the Netherlands: Review on the possible role of vaccine strain and genotype P Kaaijk et al.
Update on the new variant of Chlamydia trachomatis: Prevalence and diagnostics B Herrmann
Tick-borne encephalitis in Europe and beyond – the epidemiological situation as of 2007 J Süss
The surveillance of communicable diseases in the European Union – a long-term strategy (2008-2013) A Amato-Gauci et al.
In the national epidemiological bulletins - a selection from current issues
Erratum for Euro Surveill. 2008;13(25)

Eurosurveillance Edition: 19 June 2008
Local brucellosis outbreak on Thassos, Greece: a preliminary report R Vorou et al.
Outbreak of lymphogranuloma venereum among men who have sex with men in Barcelona 2007/08 – an opportunity to debate sexual health at the EuroGames 2008 M Vall Mayans et al.
Validation of a syndromic surveillance system using a general practitioner house calls network, Bordeaux, France C Flamand et al.
Antibiotic use in Sweden – the SWEDRES report 2007 has been published Editorial team
Erratum for Euro Surveill. 2008;13(5)
Author's correction for Euro Surveill. 2008;13(24)

Eurosurveillance Edition: 12 June 2008
Outbreak of salmonellosis in a kindergarten in Estonia, May 2008 I Dontšenko et al.
Mumps in a community with low vaccination coverage in the Netherlands I Karagiannis et al.
European network cooperation to identify hotel as source for pneumonia caused by Legionella pneumophila serogroup 2 P Lück et al.
Salmonella infections associated with reptiles: the current situation in Europe Editorial team et al.
Multiple exposures during a norovirus outbreak on a river-cruise sailing through Europe, 2006 L Verhoef et al.
Ethnic differences in HSV1 and HSV2 seroprevalence in Amsterdam, the Netherlands M Kramer et al.

Eurosurveillance Edition: 05 June 2008
WHO publishes the third edition of guidelines for the prevention and control of air-travel-associated tuberculosis I Abubakar et al.
Imported falciparum malaria in Europe: 2007 data from TropNetEurop T Jelinek
Surveillance of air-travel-related tuberculosis incidents, England and Wales: 2007-2008 I Abubakar et al.
A local outbreak of quinolone-resistant gonorrhoea in Norway, January 2008 I Jakopanec et al.
Letter: Prevention of the spread of infection – the need for a family-centred approach to hygiene promotion K Pollock et al.
Authors reply: Prevention of the spread of infection – the need for a family-centred approach to hygiene promotion S Bloomfield et al.

Eurosurveillance Edition: 29 May 2008
Outbreak of imported trichinellosis in Verona, Italy, January 2008 A Angheben et al.
Preparations for the European football championship (EURO 2008) in Switzerland A Dreyfus et al.
A food-borne outbreak of hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection in a secondary school in Upper Normandy, France, in November 2006 NG Schwarz et al.
Prevalence of hepatitis C and hepatitis B infection in the HIV-infected population of France, 2004 C Larsen et al.
Prevention of the spread of infection – the need for a family-centred approach to hygiene promotion S Bloomfield et al.
In the national epidemiological bulletins - a selection from current issues
Job vacancies at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
Erratum for Eurosurveillance vol. 13, issue 21

Eurosurveillance Edition: 22 May 2008
World Hepatitis Day: a timely reminder of the challenges ahead MJ van de Laar et al.
European monitoring of notifications of hepatitis C virus infection in the general population and among injecting drug users (IDUs) – the need to improve quality and comparability L Wiessing et al.
Hepatitis C Action Plan for Scotland: Phase II (May 2008-March 2011) D Goldberg et al.
Surveillance and epidemiology of hepatitis B and C in Europe – a review M Rantala et al.
The epidemiology of hepatitis C virus infection in Sweden A Duberg et al.
Hepatitis B virus transmission from a nurse to a patient, France, 2005 I Poujol et al.
Trends in drug consumption and risk of transmission of HIV and hepatitis C virus among injecting drug users in Switzerland, 1993-2006 F Dubois-Arber et al.
Acute hepatitis C virus infection WL Irving et al.
Authors' correction

Eurosurveillance Edition: 15 May 2008
Increase in hepatitis A cases in Latvia, in 2008, including an ongoing outbreak associated with a restaurant in Riga – preliminary report J Perevoscikovs et al.
An outbreak of measles in Algeciras, Spain, 2008 – a preliminary report J Nieto-Vera et al.
First cases of Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027 acquired in Austria A Indra et al.
An approach to monitoring influenza vaccination uptake across Europe M Kroneman et al.
EFSA publishes survey on prevalence of Salmonella in turkey flocks in the European Union, 2006-2007 Editorial team

Eurosurveillance Edition: 08 May 2008
Molecular typing for public health purposes A Ammon
Rabies – a recurrent danger to European countries from dogs introduced from endemic countries I Steffens et al.
Imported rabies in a quarantine centre in the United Kingdom M Catchpole et al.
HARMONY – the International Union of Microbiology Societies’ European Staphylococcal Typing Network B Cookson et al.
A European laboratory network for sequence-based typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) as a communication platform between human and veterinary medicine – an update on SeqNet.org AW Friedrich et al.
MLVA-NET – a standardised web database for bacterial genotyping and surveillance G Guigon et al.
Development of an online database for diphtheria molecular epidemiology under the remit of the DIPNET project T Dallman et al.
On-line Global/WHO-European Regional Measles Nucleotide Surveillance S Gnaneshan et al.
HepSEQ – an Integrated Hepatitis B Epidemiology and Sequence Analysis Platform R Myers et al.
Typing database for noroviruses E Duizer et al.
EFSA launches public consultation on food-borne antimicrobial resistance as a biological hazard Eurosurveillance editorial team

Eurosurveillance Edition: 30 April 2008
Identification of a rabid dog illegally introduced from the Republic of the Gambia to Belgium and France The French* and Belgian** multidisciplinary investigation teams
Mumps in Ireland, 2004-2008 S Gee et al.
Falciparum malaria in a German tourist, acquired on Great Exuma, Bahamas, March 2008 A Hofer et al.
In the national bulletins

Eurosurveillance Edition: 24 April 2008
Tick-borne encephalitis: rounding out the picture F Heinz
Probable cases of Crimean-Congo-haemorrhagic fever in Bulgaria: a preliminary report A Kunchev et al.
An increase in reported cases of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Slovenia in early 2008 N Koren et al.
Web-based questionnaires – a tool used in a campylobacter outbreak investigation in Stockholm, Sweden, October 2007 B de Jong et al.
A survey on cases of tick-borne encephalitis in European countries O Donoso Mantke et al.
The measles situation in Austria: a rapid risk assessment by an ECDC team and the outcome of an international meeting in Vienna, Austria R Strauss et al.
Eurosurveillance launches a new website Editorial team
Job vacancies at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

Eurosurveillance Edition: 17 April 2008
European Immunization Week 2008 - time for reflection P Kreidl et al.
European Immunization Week 2008: Progress towards regional goals WHO Regional Office for Europe
Measles is still a cause for concern in Europe M Muscat et al.
An ongoing multi-state outbreak of measles linked to non-immune anthroposophic communities in Austria, Germany, and Norway, March-April 2008 D Schmid et al.
An outbreak of measles including nosocomial transmission in Apulia, south-east Italy, January-March 2008 - a preliminary report G Caputi et al.
A cluster of rubella in Malta, December 2007 - January 2008 G Spiteri et al.
Measles and mumps immunity in Northern Greece, 2004-2007 A Fylaktou et al.
An increase in the number of mumps cases in the Czech Republic, 2005-2006 N Boxall et al.
Transmission of the L-Zagreb mumps vaccine virus, Croatia, 2005-2008 B Kaic et al.

Eurosurveillance Edition: 10 April 2008
Measles outbreaks in London, United Kingdom - a preliminary report R Heathcock et al.
Reptile-associated salmonellosis in residents in the south east of Ireland 2005 - 2007 AM O'Byrne et al.
Two cases of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease reported in Spain in 2007 and 2008 J de Pedro Cuesta
Emergence of high-level azithromycin resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae in England and Wales SA Chisholm et al.
(Yet) another human A/H5N1 influenza case and cluster – when should Europe be concerned? A Nicoll
Survey of European programmes for the epidemiological surveillance of congenital toxoplasmosis A Bénard et al.
Workshop on European behavioural indications for men who have sex with men Editorial team
European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology (ESCAIDE 2008)

Eurosurveillance Edition: 03 April 2008
Emerging high-level mupirocin resistance among MRSA isolates in Ireland A Rossney et al.
Continuing high levels of HIV diagnoses in men who have sex with men in the United Kingdom B Rice et al.
EURO 2008 - preparations for the football championship in Austria R Strauss et al.
Evaluation prompting transition from enhanced to routine surveillance of lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) in the Netherlands M Kivi et al.
Job vacancies at the ECDC
Authors' correction

Eurosurveillance Edition: 27 March 2008
An outbreak of measles in Reims, eastern France, January-March 2008 - a preliminary report S Thierry et al.
Mumps outbreak ongoing since October 2007 in the Republic of Moldova H Bernard et al.
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST8 ("USA300") in an HIV-positive patient in Cologne, Germany, February 2008 W Witte et al.
Increase in the spread of human immunodeficiency virus in Sweden, 2007 M Arneborn et al.
Human Listeria monocytogenes infections in Europe - an opportunity for improved European surveillance J Denny et al.
In the national bulletins